Random Hackernews thoughts

This one by @gambler here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18239476

Like, backups. Everyone knows how this can be done. Have automated scheduled backups. Encrypt them. Send to offsite storage. This should be handled through a generic backup protocol so you can choose your provider and be sure the app doesn’t siphon your personal data.

Users should not need to manually fuck around to set this up for every computer and every app they use. This should be absolutely standard. Preferably built at OS level. I know Ubuntu had something of this sort, but IIRC it wasn’t based on an open standard where you could choose your own storage provider. Windows? Hah.

Instead, developers strip users of all control over their data claiming it’s for their own good, and push everything to a myriad proprietary cloud solution through random protocols with dubious security implications.